#Howls moving castle gifs series#
I like huge fantasy series packed with dozens of interesting characters and insanely high stakes and dangerous journeys. That really doesn’t sound like much of a premise for a fantasy novel.Īnd see, I like the epics. The majority of the story takes place in Howl’s “castle” which is actually simply a very small home, where most of the time it’s just Sophie and Howl’s apprentice Michael trying to get the enigmatic, absolutely childish Howl to behave himself. You’re not seeing a lots of big, magical places or meeting tons of mythical people or battling terrifying monsters. There’s not much in the way of traveling (despite it taking place in a moving house). There are entire sections simply dedicated to Sophie cleaning, of all things.
With my first reading, I was both captivated, and yet confused why because…nothing was happening. The thing about HMC is that it’s a very quiet book. Immediately I entered into Sophie’s cozy hat shop nestled in a little town in the world of Ingary, where witches and wizards alike cause all sorts of trouble and mayhem for the rest of society. I promptly began this little book with the bright, happy green cover of an old woman shaking her cane at an odd looking house with legs, and I was swept away. So one day, around fall I believe, I found a lone copy in a bookstore and simply could not leave without it. But after her much flailing about it, I knew I had to give this book a go. The name sounded kind of familiar (probably because of the Ghibli film, which I had never seen either), but I had never given it much thought. Deborah had mentioned this absolutely amazing book called Howl’s Moving Castle and thought I’d love it. I wish I could remember the exact date, but I believe this all took place around 2012? (This was a time before I discovered the pure magic of GoodReads and obsessively tracking everything.) I do believe I was either 19 or 20 at the time. It all started with my dearest friend Deborah O’Carroll (whom I call my Book Fairy for very good reasons).
Because the really funny thing is that HMC isn’t the type of story I tend to gravitate toward.
#Howls moving castle gifs full#
And my answers will wildly change depending on the day.īut if you insist I name just one book to rise above the others, miraculously, I will probably answer before you’ve even gotten the full question out.īut why? Out of all the incredible books out there, out of the many epic stories I have consumed over the course of my 28 years, how did this silly, utterly bizarre little tale rank to the very top? (Yes, even more so than The Hobbit. For me, if you ask me to list my top favorite five books, or even 10, or pinpoint my favorite series, I will most certainly react in such a manner. There is a dreaded question we bookworms will get asked at some point over the course of our lives (or some 29834 times): What’s your favorite book? Such a question can cause deep agony, self doubt, sudden forgetfulness of every book you’ve ever read, and the occasional hair loss (read: usually due to tearing one’s hair out).
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